US hotel offers in house custom motorcycle service

Published: 06 February 2017

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A hotel in Charleston, South Carolina, is offering guests the chance to build their dream custom bike.

The Restoration Hotel underwent a $27 million transformation in the recent past and the Open Road custom motorcycle program was created in tandem with local bike builder Ivan Remus as part of the relaunch.

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Mr Remus charges hotel goers a $500 consultation fee, which he adds to the overall price of the finished bike if they go ahead with the project.

Once the base bike is secured, along with the parts to complete the build, the job of customisation will take between four and nine months to complete. Prices vary between machines, dependant on their basis, parts and labour.

In the hotel’s front entrance lies a modified 1976 Honda CJ360. It sits below a large picture of the bike being ridden through the dirt by Mr Remus.

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A photo posted by The Restoration Hotel (@therestorationhotel) on Dec 22, 2016 at 2:28pm PST

The bike belonged to Ivan until the hotel’s Creative Director Cory Ingram contacted him and asked if he would sell him the bike and also come on board as the design consultant and builder for the Open Road program.

Open Road is just one of many services offered by the hotel and all were devised by Mr Ingram in order to celebrate local artists and create a greater sense of community within the area.

Motorcycles are more than a way to get from one place to another. They speak directly to the freedom seeking, expansive American Dream. ‘The Open Road At The Restoration’ program offers the opportunity for guests to dream up, design and (later on) ride away on a fully customized motorcycle hand built by our in-house master craftsmen.

A photo posted by The Restoration Hotel (@therestorationhotel) on Aug 21, 2016 at 5:36pm PDT

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By Dan Sutherland

News Editor - I joined the MCN team straight from studying at the University of Sheffield, starting out as Acting Consumer Editor, before becoming the Senior Online Reporter, Senior Writer and more recently the News Editor. Although my first love will always be performance bikes and racing, I have a passion for all things two-wheeled. I did my Compulsory Basic Training (CBT) on my 16th birthday and passed my full test around a year later. I now cover around 20,000 road miles a year on motorcycles of all genres and in all weathers. I have also experienced elements of advanced rider training, tackled countless UK and international short circuits and achieved an ACU race licence to begin a fledgling competition career.